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Coverage highlights of MSF's humanitarian work. For media inquiries, contact: Sandra Murillo Panel tackles pesky diseaseOctober 7, 2009Few diseases with symptoms like heart enlargement and failure, antiquated medicine and over 300,000 current reported U.S. cases would receive almost no attention, but such is the case for Chagas disease. Until now, that is. LA Daily News: Chagas Disease a Growing ConcernSeptember 8, 2009"There are 10 to 15 million who have Chagas," said Gemma Ortiz, who heads the Chagas campaign for Doctors Without Borders. This year, the organization vows to "break the silence" of Chagas disease, which kills nearly 14,000 each year. View external media CNN.com: Trauma of Life in One of Brazil's Most Violent SlumsSeptember 4, 2009Dr. Douglas Khaya, a psychologist in MSF's mental health program in Rio de Janeiro, with 2,000 consultations so far, describes life in one of Brazil's most violent favelas. View external media WNYC - Leonard Lopate Show: Humanitarian Crisis in the CongoAugust 21, 2009Violent attacks on Congolese villages by the Lord's Resistance Army have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. Underreported examines the humanitarian crisis in the DRC and neighboring countries with Bruno Jochum, director of operations for Doctors without Borders in Geneva, and with Alexandre Morhain a project coordinator working with displaced Congolese in Southern Sudan. View external media The Huffington Post: Lord's Resistance Army Attacks Villages, Kidnaps Children On Sudan-Congo BorderAugust 10, 2009With photography and video by photojournalist Brendan Bannon, MSF brings you the underreported story of hundreds of thousands of Congolese who are fleeing the violent attacks of Ugandan rebel group the Lord's Resistant Army (LRA). View external media Los Angeles Times: Making a DifferenceAugust 9, 2009MSF doctor Sarah Carpenter has volunteered in Angola, Uganda and Darfur. She is featured in the "Making a Difference" series, which profiles Angelenos who have made careers in charitable work. View external media New York Times: New Effort to Fight TB in South AfricaJuly 28, 2009Busisiwe Beko, a gregarious community health worker for MSF, set out on foot into Khayelitsha, a vast township of 500,000 people in South Africa, to hunt for one particular ailing young woman. View external media Sky Magazine: Making the World a Better PlaceJuly 1, 2009"As a soldier in the Kosovo Conflict, I witnessed humans at their most violent and inhumane; yet I also saw humans at their most compassionate and selfless in the form of [MSF]", says singer-songwriter James Blunt, a long-time supporter of MSF. View external media NPR: Illustrator Fills In Photographer's Tale Of WarJune 29, 2009Emmanuel Guibert, illustrator of The Photographer, and Juliette Fournot, MSF former head of mission in Afghanistan, were featured on NPR's 'All Things Considered' program. View external media New York Times - Book Review: Six Months in SudanJune 21, 2009MSF doctor James Maskalyk recounts his six months in Abyei, Sudan, caring for noncombatants trapped in a civil war, first in a popular blog and now in this moving photography book. View external media MSNBC - The Rachel Maddow Show: The PhotographerJune 12, 2009MSNBC's Rachel Maddow interviews illustrator Emmanuel Guibert and former Head of Mission in Afghanistan for Doctors Without Borders Juliette Fournot. View external media CNN: Diseases of PovertyMay 28, 2009CNN's Vital Signs visits with an MSF team in Bolivia on the trail of this neglected killer disease. View external media NPR - Talk of the Nation: One Doctor's 'Six Months In Sudan'May 26, 2009Dr. James Maskalyk, author of "Six Months in Sudan", recounts his work with MSF in Sudan, treating malnourished patients and fended off a measles epidemic with limited resources. View external media CNN International - Inside Africa: A Growing Refugee CrisisMay 26, 2009Interview with MSF nurse Donna Canali about a recent spike in violence in war-ravaged Somalia that is causing a refugee crisis. View external media WNPR - Where We Live: Responding to Needs in AfricaMay 21, 2009Interview with Jane Boggini, MSF nurse and field coordinator, just returned from Zimbabwe where she worked during a major cholera outbreak. View external media New York Times - Book Review: The PhotographerMay 20, 2009"There is no fighting in this book. No great warriors are exalted. The story is about those who live on the fringes of war and care for its human detritus. By the end of the book the image or picture of a weapon is distasteful. And if you can achieve this, you have gone a long way to imparting the truth about warfare." View external media PRI - The World: The PhotographerMay 19, 2009A new book portrays the journey one photographer took with the group into war-torn Afghanistan. Listen to The World's Clarck Boyd on The Photographer. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Thousands Flee Somalia to Kenya's Squalid CampsMay 19, 2009Joke van Peteghem, head of MSF in Kenya, describes the deplorable conditions in Kenyan refugee camps, where thousands of Somalis have fled to. View external media Democracy Now: Doctor in Sri Lanka Hospital Describes Casualties from Ongoing ConflictMay 1, 2009Paul McMaster, MSF doctor working at Vavuniya Hospital, describes the situation in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, where some 50,000 civilians are believed to be trapped in the conflict zone. View external media NPR - Here and Now: Humanitarian Crisis in Sri LankaApril 30, 2009An interview with Lisabeth List, MSF Medical Coordinator in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, about the 150,000 civilians that have escaped the war zone in northern Sri Lanka where Tamil Tiger rebels are positioned in a standoff against the ethnic Sinhalese government forces. View external media PBS Newshour Online - MSF Audio Slideshow on Meningitis Campaign in NigerApril 17, 2009Interview with Dr. Helmy Mekaoui, Emergency Coordinator, for Niger View external media CNN - In Haiti, Patients Despair of Adequate Health CareApril 13, 2009The stream of patients arriving at the free clinic run by MSF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is inundated with trauma cases daily. View external media CNN - Helping the MaimedApril 8, 2009CNN reports on a Doctors Without Borders project in Amman, Jordan, that helps wounded Iraqis. View external media Current TV - Vanguard: Beach of DeathMarch 12, 2009Current TV features a documentary about the deadly risks at sea Somali refugees and Ethiopian migrants are forced to take in search of a better life in Yemen, and the Doctors Without Borders medical teams helping those who survive. View external media NPR - All Things Considered: Expelled Aid Worker — Situation in Darfur Is DireMarch 10, 2009The expulsion of foreign aid groups from Sudan's Darfur region amid a meningitis outbreak in some refugee camps could dramatically push up mortality rates, says an MSF aid worker forced to leave the country. View external media WNYC - Leonard Lopate Show: South African Refugee Camp ClosureMarch 5, 2009MSF's Head of Mission in South Africa speaks about the South African government's decision to close a refugee camp, which provides medical care, housing and food to thousands of Zimbabwean refugees. View external media CNN - Inside Africa: Zimbabwe's ChallengesFebruary 25, 2009MSF International President Christophe Fournier speaks about the current health system collapse in Zimbabwe. View external media Gourmet: Into the Mouths of BabesFebruary 18, 2009Doctors Without Borders promotes a campaign to raise global awareness about the scourge that is childhood malnutrition, which affects some 55 million children under five. View external media Blogging Heads: Top Global Humanitarian CrisesFebruary 8, 2009MSF-USA Executive Director Nicolas de Torrente speaks with Mark Leon Goldberg of UN Dispatch about the Top Ten Humanitarian Crises of 2008. View external media CNN: Civilians Wounded in ConflictFebruary 2, 2009MSF humanitarian worker speaks to CNN about the plight of civilians fleeing a decades-long internal conflict in Sri Lanka. View external media CNN: Medical Treatment Crippled in GazaJanuary 28, 2009Doctors in Gaza struggle to cope with the many injured. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Interview with Franck Joncret in GazaJanuary 20, 2009With a ceasefire now in place and Israel accelerating the withdrawal of its troops, Franck Joncret MSH head of mission for the Palestinian Territories, describes the aftermath of the war in Gaza. View external media WNYC - Leonard Lopate Show: 2008 CrisesJanuary 13, 2009Hear about the worst humanitarian crises of 2008, and whether there’s anything that we as individuals can do to help. Nicolas de Torrente of MSF talks about their recently-released "Top Ten" list of 2008. View external media CNN: MSF Field Coordinator on Gaza Humanitarian SituationJanuary 5, 2009MSF Field Coordinator on Gaza Humanitarian Situation View external media PBS - The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: Aid Group Names Top 10 Humanitarian Crises of 2008December 22, 2008For the last 11 years, the international medical assistance group Doctors Without Borders has released its list of the top 10 humanitarian crises. View external media CNN - Inside Africa: Dying to Escape SomaliaDecember 16, 2008A representative for Doctors Without Borders describes conditions refugees face on voyages across the Gulf of Aden. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Free Healthcare but Long Lines in UgandaDecember 10, 2008Hospitals receive help from volunteer organizations like Doctors Without Borders that provide medical staff. View external media Newsweek: 'It's Like War' - Doctors Struggle to Contain a 'Massive Outbreak' of CholeraDecember 9, 2008Doctors Without Borders, the international humanitarian group, has three medical teams stationed throughout the country providing antibiotics and other treatments. View external media CNN - Anderson Cooper 360: Voices from the War in Eastern CongoNovember 24, 2008Condition: Critical, a multimedia project produced by Doctors Without Borders that shares testimonies of people whose lives are filled with violence, displacement, and hopes for the future. View external media CNN: Displaced VoicesNovember 24, 2008In eastern Congo, Doctors Without Borders is giving victims of violence more than just medical treatment. View external media PBS - The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer: Facing Hardship, Haiti Further Hurt by HurricanesOctober 27, 2008Following devastating hurricanes, the NewsHour reports on MSF's humanitarian efforts in the hard hit north of the country. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Somali Refugees Take Dangerous Journey to Flee to YemenOctober 22, 2008Over 30,000 refugees fleeing Somalia have tried to cross the gulf of Aden to Yemen, and almost 600 have died or remain missing, according to the United Nations. View external media PBS - WorldFocus: Zimbabwe Aid Workers Wrestle to Contain CholeraOctober 10, 2008The situation in Zimbabwe continues to collapse, and international aid workers are struggling to provide even the most basic medical care to tens of thousands of people. View external media CNN - World News Europe: MSF Assists Somali Refugees in YemenSeptember 23, 200829 bodies found on Yemen beach - MSF assists survivors of deadly sea crossing. View external media |
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